Page 26 of Wife By Accident

“It is. And I believe her.” Leo felt suddenly defensive of Olivia, who was just as much in an unplanned situation as he was. More so, even, since she’d come with him to New York. “Neither of us know what happened or why we decided to get married. We’d had a lot to drink.”

Jake’s brown eyes were wide. “You need to fix this. Now. You need to get a postnup on paper as soon as possible.”

“That really isn’t necessary,” Leo said. “Olivia is great. And I have great lawyers, if everything did go sideways. We’ll sort it all out during the divorce.”

“I’m not saying she isn’t great,” Jake said. “But did she know you’re a billionaire when she agreed to marry you?”

Leo tried to think back. “Maybe? Probably. I did shell out some serious change at the gambling tables. But I’m sure that’s not why we got married.”

“How can you be sure? You don’t remember deciding to get married. What if Olivia found out that you’re a billionaire and the founder of Palasa and decided to take advantage of the situation? Maybe she was planning to get something in the divorce.”

“She didn’t. I’m sure her intentions were good, and that she isn’t lying about not remembering what happened.”

“Even if this Olivia has the best intentions, there’s nothing to stop her from changing her mind and trying to get something out of this. What do you know about her?”

“She’s a photographer,” Leo said. “She lives in Seattle, but she was in Las Vegas for a trade show for the camera company where she used to work.”

“Used to? She doesn’t work now?”

“Not at the moment.” Leo’s stomach began to twist. “But she’s very nice. Honest. And she was even more freaked out by the marriage than I was.”

“Even if that’s the case, Olivia could decide that she wants half your money.”

“That thought has crossed my mind.” Leo sighed. “But if she did, my lawyers would fight back. That’s part of the reason I invited her back to New York with me, so that I could keep her close, just in case.”

“You brought her back to New York?” Jake shook his head. “We have to focus on one thing at a time, so I’m going to ignore that for now. But her going after your money isn’t the worst thing that could happen. What if she goes after your shares in Palasa? What if she tries to smear you in the media so that you’ll give her what she wants? This woman has a lot of power right now. Do you really know what kind of person you’ve married?”

“I…” Leo shook his head. “Listen, I don’t really want to discuss this. Olivia is great. She and I will work things out together. And in the meantime, we need to prepare for our meeting. We don’t have much time left before we meet the client, and I want to look over the presentation one more time.”

“Whatever you say, boss. But if you want my advice, keep your new bride close, try to figure out what she wants, and start working on that postnup.”

“Let’s get the slides up,” Leo said quickly. Despite his best intentions, Jake had sown the seeds of doubt.

Leo wasn’t an idiot. It had occurred to him that Olivia might try to take something in the divorce. But he hadn’t even considered that she might go after his company or his reputation. She wouldn’t do that. Would she?

Leo put on a brave face as they headed to the meeting. He couldn’t appear unsettled or distracted in front of their big client, no matter what he was feeling. He and Jake managed to play off each other perfectly, selling the client on their pitch, but Leo was still distracted by thoughts of Olivia.

What if Jake was right? What if she did try to hurt his reputation? What if she tried to take his part in the company?

He wasn’t just worrying, though. He also thought of the kiss they’d shared, one of his last memories before waking up in bed with Olivia, fully clothed. It had felt so right to hold her in his arms and kiss her. She’d tasted like champagne and strawberries, even though they hadn’t eaten strawberries. And she’d fit so perfectly into his embrace.

In the end, both his desire to get to know her better and his worries about her intentions had the same solution: Leo needed to keep Olivia close. He needed to figure out what she was thinking and what her plans were. And in the meantime, he’d work with his lawyers to create a postnup agreement. If Olivia was really as innocent as she claimed, as Leo wanted to believe she was, she’d be happy to sign it.

For now, though, he wouldn’t tell her that he was working on the postnup. If she did intend to take half of what was his, keeping her in the dark might head that off.

She’s a good person, a quiet voice in Leo’s mind reminded him. She didn’t even know who you were when you got married.

Or did she? a second, more devilish voice asked. Did she know from the start?

If only Kyle were still here. Then Leo could have talked to his brother about the whole situation and figured out a good plan. As it was, Leo felt very, very alone. Jake had his best interests at heart, he thought, but they were very different people.

“This all sounds great,” their client said, standing. Leo snapped back to the present moment. He’d done the whole pitch on autopilot.

“I’m happy to hear that,” Leo replied automatically.

“I need to run this by the rest of the board, but I imagine we’ll be taking your proposal.”

“Wonderful.” Though the word proposal reminded Leo of his marriage. Again. “I’ll have my assistant, Julian, walk you out.”